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Rumors swell about an iPad Mini launch as a mockup video suggesting its design details emerges

As this week opened, the major news at all the top tech sites was, well, mini.

Amid all the buzz is Apple's much-anticipated, diminutive successor to the iPad.

The iPad Mini, of course, isn't even available yet, but techies and Apple fanatics alike nearly blew a gasket this morning when rumors of an upcoming iPad Mini event began to swirl.

Now, don't get hasty. The rumors aren't even about a supposed date for said event, but rather about a date for the first invitations to get sent out. Citing a major Apple investor as a source, Fortune reported that the press should expect invitations for October 10.

That date led 9to5 mac to speculate that an iPad Mini launch could be expected for mid-October, followed by shipping in November. Since that would be an apt time for Apple to capitalize on the Christmas shopping frenzy, we tend to lean toward that projection holding true.

But if tablet and Apple junkies got excited about mere rumors about event invitations, just imagine how they must have felt when a leaked mock-up of the new tablet showed up on Japanese Apple blog Macotakara.

Among the conjecture is that the iPad Mini will be about as thick as an iPod

The new tablet also appears to have speakers at the bottom rather than at the rear, which is in line with yet more rumors.

But that's not the last bit of tantalizing gossip to emerge this week. Macotakara also reported that production for the iPad Mini has, in fact, begun in Brazil. though, they say, they "don't have information if it has been produced in [a] Chinese factory, yet."

Nor do we at Pure Mobile expect this to be last we hear about the next big – or is it little – thing to happen to the iPad.